Does anyone know what is Little Snitch and is it safe to use

I have been using LittleSnitch for 5+ years.....it is safe.......it lets you be in control of any apps or background processes that might want to call out to the Internet....gives you the choice to Allow or Deny the attempt.....

.....between Apple's Firewall....ClamX.......and LittleSnitch I feel very comfortable about Internet security....

For more information about Little Snitch, see:

http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

The primary, and really only, danger is that you can cut off some functionality of some applications if you deny the appication access to the network. So if you decide to try Little Snitch, you'll need to learn a it about how it works and about your applications. Worst case is that if it causes problems you can just remove it.

Regards.

rachealfromva wrote:

I had an email from a friend who mentioned about Little Snitch to prevent keyloggers

The way to prevent keyloggers is to not allow anybody else admin access to your Mac, since that's about the only way a keylogger could get there.

What Little Snitch will do is prevent a keylogger that is installed on your Mac from communicating to the outside world over your network.

I've been using it since v1.0, I believe and it's very safe as long as you know what you are doing. I would also mention that it's a bit of a PITA to initially set up as it will ask your permission for almost every appication and process that needs to communicate over your network. You will find some processes that you aren't aware of that must be given permission or they won't work. You will probalby need to Google some of them to find out exactly what they are before making a decision.